London Heathrow airport will offer rapid Covid-19 tests to departing passengers as more territories require travelers to provide virus assessments as a condition of entry.The Oxford LAMP tests will cost 80 pounds ($104) and can be used for travel to destinations including Hong Kong and Italy that are requiring a negative Covid-19 result, according to a statement Tuesday from Collinson Group, which set up the facility at Heathrow.
Results will be available in as little as 60 minutes.The airline industry has been asking for a uniform testing regime to replace a variety of international restrictions on travel.
The tests at Heathrow will accommodate destinations that are adopting pre-flight rapid testing, though the U.K. itself still.